State Teachers College News Letter
Volume 13 Elizabeth City, N. C., June 1953 Number Five
STC. HOLDS FIFTY-NINTH COMMENCEMENT
MISS S. T. C. OF ’53
president announces
PLANS FOR IMPROVEMENT
According to Dr. S. D. Williams,
plans are being made to employ an
architect who will design the senior
Women s dorm, the faculty women’s
liome and the front for the dining
halL
Other plans for permanent im
provements include: (1) Lights for
fie athletic field, (2) new roads and
Walks, (3) a new roof for the admin
istration building, (4) repainting of
tie inside of the administration build-
®§) (5) redecoration of the audito-
rimi. (6) the repairing of floors in
‘le library and Bias Hall and (7)
the replacement of present dining hall
ables with “formica” top tables.
Dr- Williams also informed this
repoiter that beginning this fall, a
‘ull time piano teacher would be add-
™ to the staff and that money had
een allocated for furnishing the six
liano practice rooms in the Fine Arts
^iJilding.
NEW FEES FOR OUT
OF STATE STUDENTS
General Assem-
Carolina, in
making its appropriations
01 state institutions, raised
fees for non
orth Carolina resident
^ udents to $75 per quar
ter or $225 per year.
CHOIR HONORS FOUR
STAFF MEMBERS
The Elizabeth City State Teachers
College Choir honored, during the
commencement exercises, the four
members of the college family who
have, served the school for 20 years
or more with gifts of sterling silver.
The foiu: honored persons, whose
combined years of service comes to
nearly a century are President Sidney
D. Williams, Mrs. Edna C. Michell,
Mr. Aurelius P. Lester, and Miss Eve
lyn A . Johnson.
Dr. \\^illiams had served the school
many years as dean before becoming
president. He has been associated
with many educational movements in
North Carolina, founding at least two
of them.
Mrs. Mitchell, known to hundreds
of graduates for her command of the
English language and her abihty to
teach it, is now liead of the EngHsh
department. She has served the
school in the past as librarian, direc
tor of dramatics, and sponsor of the
college student publication.
Mr. Lester, registrar at State for
many years, is now an instructor in
tlie dei^artment of science.
Miss Johnson, widely known direc
tor of the choir, is also an instructor
in music.
Happy —is the man that findeth
wisdom.—Book of Proverbs.
NINETY-SIX SENIORS
RECEIVE DEGREES
The following seniors received the
Bachelor of Science degree at Com
mencement E.xercises on Sunday, May
24, 1953, in the College auditorium.
With Honor
Rosa Lee Ebron, Pineto'«'n, N. C.;
Idonia Morris Rogerson, Winfall, N.
C.; Queen Esther Hinton, Zebulon,
N. C.; Doris Elaine Flood, Ahoskie,
N. C.; Elsie Mae Miller, South Mills,
N. C.; Emma Hall Freeland, Ahos
kie, N. C.; Roland Valentino Bowser,
Elizabeth City, N. C.; Gilbert S^rl
Cradle, Portsmouth, Va.; Carroll Mar-
cellous Rodgers, Portsmouth, Va.;
Nancy Jane Gary, Rocky Mount, N.
C.; Vernon Lee Randall, Norfolk, Va.,
and Winnie Louise Durant, Golds-^
boro, N. C.
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North Carolina graduates are Vi
vian Walker Armistead, Bethel;
Elaine Ashe, Aulander; Elnora Burke
Badham, Edenton; Lillian Alice Bar-
chft, Elizabeth City; Isaac Andeaux;
Battle, Gatesville; Ruth Bracy, Garys-
burg; Julia Elizabeth Brown, Eden
ton; Winston Edward Brown, Wil
mington; Ella Perry Bryant, Elizabeth
City; Sallie F.s’-her Rutt?, fVielby;
Mattie Valeria Causer, Rockingham,
and Gladys Mae Clarke, Roanoke
Rapids.
Hilah Fae Cooper, Nashville; James
Cooper, Plymouth; Amaza Holloman
Davis, Ahoskie; Atlas Mermon Davis,
Nashville; Pauline Tann Davis, Mar-
garettsville; Hattie Forrest Everett,
Ahoskie; Esmeralda Delano Forbes,
Greenville; Senia Elizabeth Gant,
Clinton; Ernestine Garner, Garysbmg;
Elaine Olivia Griffin, Elizabeth City;
Theodore Roosevelt Hall, Ahoskie;
Annie Moore Harding, Garysburg;
Edna Hayes, Nashville; Grace Mc-
Murren Hill, Elizabeth City; Julia
Stevens Hill, Fainnont, and Mary
Price Hocutt, Elizabeth City.
Sawyer Inez Holly, Edenton; Hil-
dred Lee Holmes, Goldsboro; Queen
Harper Hudson, Arapahoe; Francine
Worley Jeffries, Ahoskie; Montrose
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BACCALAUREATE AND
COMMENCEMENT
IN ONE DAY
Beginning something unusual for
this area, Elizabeth City State Teach
ers College inaugurated one-day
combined finals.
The baccalaureate sermon was pre
sented by the Rev. W. Tycer Nelson,
chaplain, Maryland State College,
Princess Anne, Maryland. Special mu
sic was presented by the College
Choir, under the direction of Miss E.
A. Johnson.
Processional and recessionijJ, music
was presented by Mrs. E^j^eth
Lambert Martin, organist. ^
Mr. William Muldrow, of the de
partment of education, was the chief
marshall. He was assisted by four
marshals from the junior class.
Principal speaker at the commence
ment rites was Dr. Albert L. Turner,
Dean, School of Law, North Caro
lina College at Durham.
Invocations were delivered by Rev.
Marvin L. Williams, Pastor, Olive
Branch Baptist Church, Elizabeth
City, N. C. for the morning service
and by Rev. J. R. R. McRay, Pastor,
Corner Stone Baptist Church, Eliza
beth City, N. C. for commencement.
The degrees were conferred by
Pres. S. D. Williams, who presided
over both exercises.
Mrs. Mayola T. Murrell, of the
Brooklyn, New York Alumni Chapter,
inducted the seniors into the Gene-
eral Alumni Association.
32 TEACHERS ENROLLED
IN DRIVING COURSE
On Monday, June 15, thirty-two
teachers representing various sections
of North Carolina and public school
systems enrolled in a teacher-prepa-
ration comse in driver education of
fered at Elizabeth City State Teach
ers College.
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BIAS HALL AT NIGHT